Volunteering to help people with mental disabilities

Descrizione dell'attività

The main task of the volunteer is to work with mentally disabled people who live on their own in order to break their cycle of loneliness, restoring or maintaining social links and helping them to regain their self-confidence. In particular the volunteer will: -Help out the social workers -Organise activities with the association members about the country or passions of the volunteer (cooking, relaxation, helping them to write the newsletter, painting, acting…) -Participate in outdoor activities with them -Participate in the weekly meeting with the team -Being involved in the life of the association The detailed activities will be proposed by the volunteer according to their skills and interests and with the support of the pedagogical team. The project will also allow the volunteer to know and develop new pedagogical techniques in terms of working with mentally disabled people. During the summer, the volunteer can lead or co-lead an international volunteers’ workcamp.

Alloggio, vitto e trasporto

The volunteer will be accommodated in the house of Concordia with 4 or 5 other volunteers. The volunteers will have to adopt a collective life which means cook, eat and take care of the place together. The office is next to the house of the volunteers and it's common that at midday we eat all together, volunteers and employees. A part of the garden is meant to be only for the volunteers. There is few public transport in this area, it is possible to find bicycles and the volunteer will have access to the car of the association to go to work, do some shopping for the house and for free time.

Formazione durante l'attività

We encourage volunteers to develop a personal project besides their initial missions, with the support of the team. To facilitate their integration we propose French Foreign language lessons through local partners. Each volunteer can participate in different trainings based on non-formal education methods, also according to their own interests (Youth Exchanges, European trainings, local seminars ...) The volunteer can also participate to a training to become an animator of international workcamp during the summer.

Profilo del partecipante

*Basic knowledge of French *Motivation to work with disabled people (experience in the field will be a plus) *Be flexible and open to meet/live with new people, to think outside of the box *Cultural, artistic or sport skills are more than welcome *Be willing to develop a personal project *Motivation to discover the associative world and its activities *Active participation and involvement *Driving license (the mission place is 20 minutes by car from the volunteer house, with no public transport)

Data dell'attività

Un totale di 35 settimana/e nel periodo compreso tra 01/09/2024 e 31/07/2025

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Luogo dell'attività

14 rue de l'église, 33880 Saint Caprais de Bordeaux France

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 Volontariato individuale

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Cercasi partecipanti da

Austria, Belgio, Bulgaria, Cipro, Repubblica ceca, Germania, Danimarca, Estonia, Grecia, Spagna, Finlandia, Francia, Croazia, Ungheria, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Lettonia, Malta, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Svezia, Slovenia, Slovacchia

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Argomenti dell'attività

Problemi sociali

Salute e benessere

Creatività e cultura

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Termine per la presentazione delle candidature

Nessuna scadenza

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